Roller-skate wheel



Oct. 16 1923.

E. BOWERS ROLLER SKATE WHEEL Filed Nov. 10

M5 WW 3 Patented Qct. 16, 19239.

EDWARD Bownas, or Penman, KENTUCKY;

nominee-snare va HEEL.

Application 5 filed November 1011921,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 'L mnwannfBownns, a

citizen of the, United States, residing at Paducah inthe county of McCracke'n and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller Skate Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersiskilled in the art .to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a wheel particularly adapted for use on roller skates.

An important object is to provide a wheel A further object is to provide an axle to cooperate with such blanks spacing them at the hub in order to reinforce the wheel. 7

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description hereinafter following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawings 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel constructed .1n accordance with my lnvention;

Figure 2 is a diametrical sectional view onthe ,line 22 of Figure 1, and I Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank of the or body section prior to bending or shaping rivets 8,.may be secured. As a result, the

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' Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

In reducing the invention to practice. two body sections or disks 5 are employed having marginal arcuate rim portions or flanges at '6. Disks 5 adjacentto the flanges 6 are provided with openings 7 through which any suitable fastening meansffor instance flangesfi form a channeled rim in which a tire 9 ma be disposed preferably remov ably. Said tires may be of any desired con struction as for instance a solid rubbertire,

or a pneumatic tire which is the type illusof any suitable construction at 10. u The body sections or disks 7 5 are capable of being stamped each in a single piece from trated. Said tirehas-an air inflating valve p 4 bendable'or flexible sheet metal into a blank I as seen in Figure 3. This blank may have an opening 'therethrough substantlally the shapeof an arrow-head that is compris ng a triangular opening at 11 a branch opening 12, being provided in the flange 6. As a result of this construction, the openings; 12 of the body sections or disk 5; are fastened to- V gether to form an opening inthe rim through which the; valvelO is passed; The opening ll forms a convenient means in which the valveis primarily disposed and gives suflicient clearance for removal of the cap and attachment and detachment'of an inflating hose orothermeans. Itwill be noted that theopening 7 and rivets 8 secure the disks 5 together at the side edges of said opening vlltoreinforce the openings'll and 12 and particularly the latter with the rim portions bridging the openings 11. s 1:

Asuit-able axle is provided which may have spaced disk-like abutments letthereon adapted to abut the inner surfaces of the disks 5 at their hubs so that said disks will be separated at their hubs to rigidify and reinforce? the wheel. V-Extending outwardly from said axle 13 as on opposite sides of the disks 14 are screw threaded shanks 15 which extend through suitable openings at the hub of -the disk 5'from a mounting or securing means. 7 Y I i Arranged in annular rows about the hub openings of the disk 5 are .rivets or fastenings 16 which pass through thezdisk 5 and disks or abutments 14. i I T In view of the invention, a roller skate wheelhas the adyantagesof a resilient pneu- -matictire as will be understood. Due to the "particular provision'of the openings 11 and 12 and the adjacent rivets, the disks are not weakened as a result of their accommodation of'valvelo.

Asmerelyone been illustrated and'described, it is tobe understood that changes in the details may be resorted tolwithinthespirit and scope;

. What is claimed is I AI wheel having disk-like body members secured together andprovided with outpractical embodiment h WardIy extending annular flanges coacting to form a rim, said members being in direct contact adjacent said flanges and for a considerable distance toward the axis of the Wheel, said members being deflected outwardly at said axis, an axlepassingth-rough the body'm'embers and abutment members on the axle Within the Wheel overlapped-by the deflected portions cf said members EDWARD BOWER S. Witnesses B, A. STATEN, W. E E 

